27 Oct 2022
Winners of Hedgeweek US Awards announced
The winers of the annual Hedgeweek US Awards, which recognise excellence among fund managers and service providers in the US across a wide…
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Saba Capital boss Weinstein 'very pessimistic' about investing climate
Boaz Weinstein, boss of New York-based hedge fund Saba Capital, is "very pessimistic" about the current investment climate and believes…
Brevan Howard to launch new "pass through" fee share class for main strategy
Brevan Howard Asset Management is preparing to launch a new share class for some clients of its main hedge fund strategy which will allow…
Hedge funds cut leverage to deal with double whammy of rising rates and falling markets
Hedge funds have slashed their portfolio leverage this year according to a report by Bloomberg which cites data from Goldman Sachs' prime…
Illinois Teachers pulls $264m quant hedge fund investment as additional alt allocations announced
Illinois Teachers Retirement System (TRS) has fully redeemed a $264 million investment with quantitative hedge fund manager PDT Partners…
Options secures VMware Cloud Verified Status in TR2
Options Technology, a capital markets services provider, has achieved VMware Cloud Verified status in TR2 Toronto. The accomplishment…
Akin Gump appoints alt investment funds lawyer ahead of Boston office launch
US law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Akin Gump) has appointed Tim Becker as a partner based in Boston ahead of the opening of…
26 Oct 2022
MFA appoints vice president of communications
The Managed Funds Association (MFA), the trade association for the hedge fund and global alternative asset management industry, has…
Unicorn Strategic Partners and iCapital partner to provide LATAM wealth managers with access to hedge fund investments
Unicorn Strategic Partners (UnicornSP), a distribution partner to asset managers, and iCapital, a global fintech platform driving access to…
Qontigo integrates Ortec Finance’s climate risk scenarios into Axioma Risk
Qontigo, a provider of risk, analytics, and index solutions, has partnered with Ortec Finance, a global provider of technology and…
Hedge funds bullish on long/short and global strategies despite recent woes
More than 40% of hedge fund managers expect LPs to increase investment allocations to long/short and global strategies in the next 12…
Bridgewater taps Goldman Sachs' Podoshev as engineering director
Bridgewater Associates has appointed former Goldman Sachs managing director and global head of loans engineering Yuriy Podoshev as its new…
Carrara Capital chooses SS&C for inaugural fund launch
Carrara Capital has appointed SS&C GlobeOp as its fund administrator for its new multi-strategy fund, the Carrara Global Opportunities…
Schonfeld appoints women to several key positions in London
US hedge fund Schonfeld which increased its London footprint by 50% in 2021, and continued building out its team in the UK capital with the…
Alveo extends Ops360 data operations solution
Alveo, a provider of cloud-based market data management services, has extended it data operations solution Ops360 including standard…
